[muawiyah]

The functional minimum wage in this area is about $9 an hour.

Raising the federal minimum wage to a higher level isn't going to affect much around here.

BTW, when you have a high functional minimum wage that means the employers are probably going to have to give up drug tests as well to get employees.

Also, the rest of your comment is simply esoteric theoretical musings in the face of a high functional minimum wage.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Absolutely. It's irrelevant to today's wages. That's no reason to go along with it. I would love to hear a Republican tell the truth about the minimum wage.

[mathluv]

I think union contracts are still tied to the 'minimum wage'. Any raise in it is also a union raise, or the negotiating war for it.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I make about $56 per hour, why don't they raise the minimum raise to $60 per hour. Wouldn't that be fair to everyone!?

[dfwgator]

Raising the federal minimum wage to a higher level isn't going to affect much around here.

Except for the union wages that are pegged to the minimum wage.